The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-06-28
The BOOdlers Trial-The Wheat
Deal-Gambling Frater-
nifty and a General
Cleaning Out.
The Suicide of /. N. Hicks, A
Newspaper Writer, form
erly Employed on the
BaZOO.
BOODLERS.

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| ton on our streets at present is the
trial and conviction of part of the
boodlers-McDonald and McGarigle.
When the trial was first begun it was
thought by great many that the trial
would be q farce-a sort of a matter
of.course proceeding-and that the
boodlers would save themselves on &C
count of their money influence and
high social standing, and bets on the
verdict of the jury could be had at
any of the sporting places. County
Attorney Grinnell, however, had his
war paint on, and to his credit may it
be said that he left not a stone un-
turned that would tend to strengthen
the long chain of evidence which
finally resulted in the conviction of
the pair, land the vindication of the law.
The crime of which they have
been convicted runs through a
considerable length of time, in fact a
number of years, and was undoubted-
ly one of the boldest that has ever
been chronicled. The scheme was
worked by quite number of men,
among them grocerymen, milk deal
ers, druggists, boiler makers, etc., and
was accomplished by having these
men overcharge for supplies for the
county's use, with the stipulation that
the boodlers should also
PROFIT BY THE FRAUD.
Quite a number of persons have
been indicted, and their trials set for
different times. Throughout the whole
trial Mcdonald and McGarigle put on
a bold front, and it was easy to see
that they did not expect to be con-
victed. Imagine then, their surprise,
when, after being out a considerable
length of time, the jury returned with
a verdict of guilty, and fixing the
punishment at three years in the pen
itentiary, the maximum length of
time. The law in such cases says i'm
prisonment for three years or a heavy
fine, but it is reliably stated that
the question of a fine never
entered into the debate of the jury,
they being unit for three years.
Counsel for the defense Immediately
moved for a new trial, and in the
meantime are making strenuous eff
forts to secure the release of their
clients on bail, but so far both OBJ
jects have been unsuccessful. This
savers strongly of equal justice alike
for sll, and it is to be hoped that
nothing will clog the wheels of the
law machinery untilithe last of the eel
ebrated cases have been disposed of.
A SAD EPISODE.
Mrs. Mcdonald was completely
prostrated when the news of her hus-
bands conviction reached her, and to
add to her sorrow their little son,
Eddie, aged 8 years. while playing
on the roof of the county hospital, fell
through the skylight and was killed.
Friends conveyed the sad intelligence
to the father at the county jail. His
usually stocial face became ashen,
and without word he turned away
and went into his cell where
wept like child. The Sheriff grant
ed an order for him to visit
his wife under detective surveillance,
and he is still at their residence,
though closely guarded.
Prosecuting Attorney Grinnell at
the recent election was raised to a
seat on the Cock county judicial
bench, but he has signifed his inten-
ton of retaining his present place
until the last of the Doodle cases have
been tried.
THE WHEAT DEAL.
Some time ago a number of
prominent board of trade men entered
into a combination to get up a
"corner" on wheat, and to-day they
are a good deal sadder, though wiser,
and Chicago has few less million.
aires than she used to have. They
thought they had everything their
own way, and were sailing along with
out the slightest knowledgd of break
ers ahead. About this time the great
coffee "corner" in New York, gave
way, aud these board of trade men
were talking about how foolish the
New Workers were when wheat sud-
denly took a tumble, and it seemed
for awhile as if there was no bottom
to the market, and not until large
number of firms had made as
signments, either voluntary or
forced, did the market recover
itself. There is not much sorrow ex.
pressed over this sudden turn In
affairs, except by those who were d.
rectly interested, for these "corners"